diff --git a/sound/soc/s3c24xx/s3c24xx-i2s.c b/sound/soc/s3c24xx/s3c24xx-i2s.c
index ddf87246c77b..4c52f7946d9e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/s3c24xx/s3c24xx-i2s.c
+++ b/sound/soc/s3c24xx/s3c24xx-i2s.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static void s3c24xx_snd_rxctrl(int on)
 static int s3c24xx_snd_lrsync(void)
 {
 	u32 iiscon;
-	unsigned long timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(5);
+	int timeout = 50; /* 5ms */
 
 	DBG("Entered %s\n", __func__);
 
@@ -184,8 +184,9 @@ static int s3c24xx_snd_lrsync(void)
 		if (iiscon & S3C2410_IISCON_LRINDEX)
 			break;
 
-		if (time_after(jiffies, timeout))
+		if (!timeout--)
 			return -ETIMEDOUT;
+		udelay(100);
 	}
 
 	return 0;